A Phase 1, Randomized Ascending Single‐Dose Study of Antagonist Anti‐Human CD40 ASKP1240 in Healthy Subjects

This first‐in‐human, phase I study evaluated the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profile of ASKP1240 in healthy subjects. Twelve sequential groups (each 6 active and 3 placebo) were randomly assigned to placebo or single ascending doses of intravenous ASKP1240 (0.00003–10 mg/kg). ASKP1240 exhibited nonlinear pharmacokinetics, with mean maximal serum concentrations and area under the serum concentration–time curves ranging from 0.7 to 251.6 μg/mL and 6.5 to 55409.6 h·μg/mL following doses 0.1 mg/kg–10 mg/kg, respectively. CD40 receptor occupancy by ASKP1240, which was dose‐dependent, reached a maximum at doses above 0.01 mg/kg. ASKP1240 was well tolerated, with no evidence of cytokine release syndrome or thromboembolic events. Treatment emergent antibodies to ASKP1240 were detected in 5/70 (7.1%) ASKP1240 recipients. In conclusion, antagonism of the CD40/CD154 interaction with ASKP1240 was safe and well tolerated at the doses tested.